The Pros and Cons of January

I was reading the blog of my sister-in-law, Linnley, and she was saying how much she dislikes January. And I would have to say that I completely agree with her. January is the worst month of the year. It comes right after all the amazingly fun Christmas festivities, wherein you got to spend money and make things for people, you probably ate a ton of completely unhealthy food and desserts, you got time off from work, you played, enjoyed time with friends and family, went off your normal, boring schedule and then January shows up and is the giant reality check that punches you in the face and handcuffs you to a chair. Ugh. It's now time to get back to your boring routine, your boring food, and probably to a handful of resolutions that won't see the light of day. There is nothing really exciting happening in January to look forward to- no more real holidays to celebrate or parties to go to (my apologies to Dr. King and the NFL). Plus, if you live where it's cold, it gets really cold in January. And to be honest, once Christmas is over, cold weather absolutely serves no purpose, so, yep, January is totally lame. UNLESS....wait for it.......wait for it........unless you happen to have a birthday that happens to be on the last day of the month and then January is FLIPPIN' AWESOME!!! Honestly, I LOVE my birthday for that reason :) Just enough time has passed since Christmas to where you feel entitled to some excitement again and you can easily ask for any of the presents that you didn't get the month before. What better carrot on a string is there to guide your listless horse-self along? It's a pretty sweet set up! According to my mom I was three weeks overdue (originally due Jan. 8th) which I believe either makes me a ginormous jerk or she had a seriously math-impaired doctor. Truthfully, I think that even as a fetus I knew exactly what I was doing. I mean, there really is no better time for a birthday! And what's even better is that this year Jacob already has my present! SERIOUSLY? Is the moon aligned with Venus?! Excuse me while I go call NASA...